Un consul en guerre René Neuville, consul général de France à Jérusalem pendant la guerre de 1948

René Neuville, the French general consul in Jerusalem from 1946 to 1952, was an attentive observer of the war of 1948. However, he scarcely, and belatedly, drew attention to the massacre of Deir Yassin on 9 April 1948. Beginning with this failure, the author examines Neuville’s role as an informant and interpreter as well as an active participant in the 1948 war. It shows how Neuville’s fight in favour of the interests of the eldest daughter of the Church in the Holy Land influenced his view of the war.